Work & commute · Lena

Work & commute in Lena, WI

Most working residents leave Lena for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lena (10%), Oconto Falls (9%) and Green Bay (9%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 353 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 348 Lena residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lena.

348live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lena goes to work

Lena2.7 mi away

10%37

Oconto Falls9.5 mi away

9%33

Green Bay32.6 mi away

9%33

Oconto11.4 mi away

6%20

Ashwaubenon35.4 mi away

6%20

Marinette21.7 mi away

5%17

Howard29.2 mi away

4%13

De Pere38.7 mi away

3%10

Fox Crossing57 mi away

2%7

Wausau77.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%157

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lena commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

25%

22%

29%

24%

25%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lena is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lena are

158 jobs are based in Lena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lena

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lena residents hold

353 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+56%

Jobs based in Lena, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 158. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.